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Presbyterian Panel Study, August 1998 - World Mission, Elders

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The following is a pair of alternative words or phrases that might be used to describe the world mission. For this pair, choose only one answer (the first term, the second term, or a combination of both) that best fits your image of world mission as it is today - sacrificial/selfish.

	1) Entirely sacrificial
	2) Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)
	3) More sacrificial than selfish
	4) Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish
	5) More selfish than sacrificial
	6) Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)
	7) Entirely selfish

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Entirely sacrificial	70	11.6%	11.6%	-1.55
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	201	33.3%	44.9%	-.67
More sacrificial than selfish	188	31.1%	76%	.21
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	104	17.2%	93.2%	1.09
More selfish than sacrificial	30	5%	98.2%	1.97
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	10	1.7%	99.8%	2.85
Entirely selfish	1	.2%	100%	3.73

Variable Comparisons

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	12.3% 39	10.8% 31	11.6% 70
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	32.0% 101	34.8% 100	33.3% 201
More sacrificial than selfish	31.3% 99	31.0% 89	31.2% 188
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	16.8% 53	17.4% 50	17.1% 103
More selfish than sacrificial	6.0% 19	3.8% 11	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.3% 4	2.1% 6	1.7% 10
Entirely selfish	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 316	100.0% 287	603

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Not married	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	10.2% 53	18.3% 15	11.3% 68
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	34.7% 180	25.6% 21	33.5% 201
More sacrificial than selfish	31.9% 165	28.0% 23	31.3% 188
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	16.2% 84	23.2% 19	17.2% 103
More selfish than sacrificial	5.2% 27	3.7% 3	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.5% 8	1.2% 1	1.5% 9
Entirely selfish	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 518	100.0% 82	600

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	11.1% 11	11.2% 22	10.7% 23	14.9% 14	11.6% 70
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	26.3% 26	30.1% 59	37.4% 80	38.3% 36	33.3% 201
More sacrificial than selfish	27.3% 27	33.2% 65	35.0% 75	22.3% 21	31.2% 188
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	24.2% 24	17.9% 35	12.1% 26	19.1% 18	17.1% 103
More selfish than sacrificial	9.1% 9	5.6% 11	3.3% 7	3.2% 3	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.0% 1	2.0% 4	1.4% 3	2.1% 2	1.7% 10
Entirely selfish	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 196	100.0% 214	100.0% 94	603

Political party (I-POLITAFF)

	Democrat	Independent	Republican	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	12.3% 19	5.6% 5	12.4% 42	23.1% 3	11.6% 69
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	32.9% 51	39.3% 35	32.4% 110	23.1% 3	33.3% 199
More sacrificial than selfish	31.0% 48	29.2% 26	31.5% 107	38.5% 5	31.2% 186
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	16.1% 25	16.9% 15	17.9% 61	7.7% 1	17.1% 102
More selfish than sacrificial	6.5% 10	6.7% 6	3.8% 13	7.7% 1	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.3% 2	2.2% 2	1.8% 6	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Entirely selfish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 89	100.0% 340	100.0% 13	597

Family income (I-FAMINCOM)

	<20K	20K-49,999	50K-99,999	100K+	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	25.0% 5	14.3% 25	9.3% 23	10.1% 14	11.6% 67
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	20.0% 4	25.7% 45	39.3% 97	39.1% 54	34.5% 200
More sacrificial than selfish	25.0% 5	30.3% 53	30.8% 76	30.4% 42	30.3% 176
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	20.0% 4	19.4% 34	14.2% 35	18.1% 25	16.9% 98
More selfish than sacrificial	0.0% 0	8.6% 15	4.9% 12	1.4% 2	5.0% 29
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	5.0% 1	1.7% 3	1.6% 4	0.7% 1	1.6% 9
Entirely selfish	5.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 175	100.0% 247	100.0% 138	580

Age (I-AGE)

	<40	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	17.2% 11	6.3% 8	13.4% 27	10.7% 22	11.4% 68
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	35.9% 23	39.7% 50	34.2% 69	27.8% 57	33.3% 199
More sacrificial than selfish	23.4% 15	31.0% 39	34.2% 69	31.7% 65	31.5% 188
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	17.2% 11	17.5% 22	12.9% 26	20.5% 42	16.9% 101
More selfish than sacrificial	4.7% 3	4.8% 6	3.5% 7	6.8% 14	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.6% 1	0.8% 1	2.0% 4	2.0% 4	1.7% 10
Entirely selfish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 64	100.0% 126	100.0% 202	100.0% 205	597

Race (I-RACE1)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
Entirely sacrificial	11.4% 67	14.3% 1	25.0% 2	11.6% 70
Mostly sacrificial (but a little selfish)	33.6% 197	28.6% 2	12.5% 1	33.3% 200
More sacrificial than selfish	31.2% 183	14.3% 1	37.5% 3	31.1% 187
Equal parts of sacrificial and selfish	17.1% 100	28.6% 2	12.5% 1	17.1% 103
More selfish than sacrificial	4.9% 29	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.0% 30
Mostly selfish (but a little sacrificial)	1.7% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 10
Entirely selfish	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 586	100.0% 7	100.0% 8	601